Immigrant skill utilization in the Canadian labour market: Implications of human capital research

By J. Reitz. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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1. J. Elrick
2. Josh Curtis
3. P. Grant
4. S. Nadin
5. J. Reitz

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2. Josh Curtis
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Citations in the corpus

• Education, credentials, and immigrant earnings (2008, neutral): “Reitz (2001) estimates that the annual loss due to under-utilization of immigrants' skills is 2.4 billion dollars.”
• The relationship between diversity training, organizational commitment, and career satisfaction (2010, background): “Immigrants and minorities, for example, may have poorer relationships with their managers (Igbaria and Wormley, 1992), earn less money (Aydemir and Skuterud, 2008; Pendakur and Pendakur, 1998; Reitz, 2001), receive fewer promotions (Greenhaus et al.”
• Immigrant Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues (2014, methodology): “This estimate of about $2.4 billion acquired a degree of credibility as a ballpark number indicating the economic impact (Reitz2001).”
• A Longitudinal Study of ESL Learners' Fluency and Comprehensibility Development. (2007, background): “professional bodies and employers to recognize foreign credentials (Li 2001; Reitz 2001), but even if immigrants requalify at Canadian institutions, they are often blocked from obtaining employment because they have no Canadian work experience (Canadian Coalition of Community Based Employability Tra”
• The Credentialing Problems of Foreign Trained Personnel from Asia and Africa Intending to Make their Home in Canada: A Social Psychological Perspective (2007, background): “Further, other research suggests that the initial wage gap for racialized immigrants is an important pay equity issue because it results from both an undervaluing of the immigrant’s professional credentials and from discrimination, with women being especially adversely affected (Basavarajappa and Jo”